Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.

Battle of NoceraRanulf II of AlifeRoger II of Sicily

Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.

Louis VII of FranceSiege of Damascus (1148)Second Crusade

Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle: King Edward I of England takes the stronghold using the War Wolf.

Wars of Scottish IndependenceFall of Stirling CastleEdward I of EnglandWarwolf

Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place.

Battle of Harlaw

Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands strike against a ban on foreign beer.

LeeuwardenBeer

French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France.

Jacques CartierGaspé PeninsulaFrancis I of France

Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI.

Mary, Queen of ScotsJames VI and I

Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.

Antoine de la Mothe CadillacFort DetroitDetroit

The Kingdom of Georgia and the Russian Empire sign the Treaty of Georgievsk.

Kingdom of Kartli-KakhetiRussian EmpireTreaty of Georgievsk

War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward the Niagara River to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders.

War of 1812General officerPhineas RiallNiagara RiverJacob Brown

Slavery is abolished in Chile.

SlaveryChile

In Maracaibo, Venezuela the naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo takes place, where Admiral José Prudencio Padilla, defeats the Spanish Navy, thus culminating the independence for the Gran Colombia.

MaracaiboVenezuelaBattle of Lake MaracaiboGran Colombia

After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City.

Brigham YoungMormonsSalt Lake ValleySalt Lake City

Richard March Hoe, American inventor, patented the rotary-type printing press.

Richard March Hoe

American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.

American Civil WarSecond Battle of KernstownConfederate States of AmericaGeneral (CSA)Jubal Early

Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.

Reconstruction EraTennesseeU.S. state

O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.

O. HenryColumbus, OhioEmbezzlement

The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.

Ottoman EmpireShkodërAlbanian Revolt of 1910

Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".

Hiram Bingham IIIMachu PicchuInca Empire

The passenger ship S.S. Eastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.

SS EastlandGreat Lakes

The draft of the British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; it came into effect on 26 September 1923.

Mandatory PalestineLeague of Nations

The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.

Treaty of LausanneTurkeyGreeceBulgariaWorld War I

Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.

Themistoklis SofoulisPrime Minister of Greece

The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.

Menin GateYpres

The Kellogg-Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928 by most leading world powers).

Kellogg-Briand PactForeign policy

The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109 °F (43 °C) in Chicago and 104 °F (40 °C) in Milwaukee.

Dust BowlChicagoMilwaukee

Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".

AlabamaScottsboro Boys

World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, and American planes by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.

World War IIBombing of Hamburg in World War IIHamburgNovember

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.

Cape Canaveral Air Force StationRTV-G-4 Bumper

At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".

American National ExhibitionVice President of the United StatesRichard NixonPremierNikita Khrushchev